NOTICE OF ELECTION Executive Board and Stewards Council Elections

Notice of Local 6100 Election

The MATC Part-Time Teachers’ Union will hold elections to fill the positions of President, Vice-president, Treasurer and Secretary. Elections will also be held for the following steward positions, at each of the following campuses: Truax (seat C), Downtown, Watertown, Portage, and the Off-Campus steward. The election will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Successful candidates will take office and assume their positions on May 7, 2014. Elected officials will serve a (2) two year term.

Additionally, the May 6, 2014 election will seek to fill the mid-term* vacancy for the Fort Atkinson steward position. The successful candidate will take office and assume the position on May 8, 2014.

*These position will be for the duration of one (1) year, fulfilling the remainder of the original two (2) year term.

To be eligible to run for office, a person must be an AFT Local 6100 member in good standing for a period of one year prior to the date of the election. If you have any question about your union standing please feel free to contact the union office:

Nomination papers require the signatures of five (5) members of Local 6100. Union staff is available to assist you verifying eligibility of faculty members. The nomination papers must be received by the Election Chair, Laura Turzynski, at MATC Part-time Teachers’ Union, Local 6100, Truax Campus, Mail Code #827, 1701 Wright Street, Madison 53704 by April 1, 2014. Nomination papers can be requested from the union office:

In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten looks at how Minnesota and Wisconsin have followed very different economic paths since electing new governors in 2010.

Governor Scott Walker broke yet another promise to working Wisconsinites this morning by signing so-called “right to work” legislation. After repeatedly stating that it was not a priority, that private sector unions were essential partners in economic recovery, and that the bill would never make it to his desk, he signed the bill gleefully, showing yet again that he’s willing to betray Wisconsin as many times as it takes in service to his personal political aspirations. But we’re not surprised; we’ve come to expect this from Scott Walker.

When Scott Walker compared 100,000 peaceful protestors - teachers, parents, police officers, fire fighters, students, nurses, and more - to the terrorists in ISIS, it hit home for William Schuth, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a member of AFT local 3220, the UW-Madison Teaching Assistants' Association. William has created a petition calling on Walker to apologize for his remarks: "Gov. Walker, veterans and service members who risked their lives to fight terrorism deserve better than that. Americans who speak up for their rights deserve better than that. Please, Gov. Walker, show some courage: publicly take ownership of your disrespectful comments and apologize."

Scores of AFT-Wisconsin members joined the thousands of Wisconsinites that converged on the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to protest legislation designed to weaken private sector unions. (Be sure to check out our post on what you can do to stop so-called "right to work" legislation!) And while union members and community supporters rallied outside, many more were making their voices heard inside the Capitol, registering their opposition to the bill, offering testimony about why it's wrong for Wisconsin, and holding a Solidarity Singalong in the rotunda.

So-called "right to work" legislation meant to attack private sector union workers is being fast-tracked through the Wisconsin Legislature this week. Our sisters and brothers in the private sector stood shoulder to shoulder with us when Scott Walker attacked us in 2011; now it's our turn to show that we remain united. Here are five things you can do to take action: